London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
View report page
Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Finsbury 1903
Report on the public health of 1903
This page requires JavaScript
128
Baltic Street Area.—Baltic Street, 6 [10] ; Middle Row, 5
• 3] ; Baltic Place, 3 [1] ; Baltic Court, 5 [3] ; New Court, 7
[0] ; Thomas Place, 3 [2] ; Hatfield Street, 0 [4].
Total closures—29.
Honduras Street Area.—Honduras Street, 1 [8] ; Baltic
Street, 0 [3] ; Golden Lane, 0 [4]. Several tenements are
empty, but only one house is wholly closed.
Total closures—1.
The decline in houses step by step is seen in the following table: — Dwelling-Houses Occupied at end of each Year.
| 1899. | 1900. | 1901. | 1902. | 1903. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aylesbury Place | 70 | 61 | 58 | 56 | 40 |
| Garden Row | 69 | 69 | 69 | 51 | 28 |
| Roby Street | 37 | 37 | 37 | 7 | — |
| Baltic Street | 52 | 52 | 52 | 39 | 23 |
| Honduras Street | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 15 |
| 244 | 235 | 232 | 169 | 106 |
In addition to closed houses, there are upon the areas from
time to time several houses empty temporarily. "Closure"
should be understood to mean that the house is boarded up or
locked by the County Council.
(ii) Population on the Areas.—The total population on the
five areas in 1899 was 1704. At the end of 1902 it was 1352,
and at the end of 1903 it was 759. The approximate changes
are set out in the following table. The figures for 1899, 1902
and 1903 are correct, and the result of actual enumeration of
persons on the area at those dates, but the figures for 1900 and
1901 are estimated:—